Stool of repentance

You shall take this chair of mine when I have folded my letter, and I will take the stool (though you ought to take it, I can tell you, sir, if it's the stool of repentance), and you'll soon find yourself taken to task soundly.'

The cast, wielding a variety of instruments, weaves a world in a fashion that hints of Northern Broadsides, Kneehigh (Dominic Marsh, playing the Lord Advocate, returns after his triumph in Dead Dog in a Suitcase), Blackadder - I give you the stool of repentance, and, yes, even a nod to Python.